Man faces federal charges for allegedly penning book on killing judges

A Twin Cities man faces federal charges after allegedly writing and printing multiple copies of a book titled “How to Kill a Federal Judge.”

The 72-year-old was indicted Thursday on two counts of threatening to assault and murder a federal judge and one count of interstate transmission of a threat to injure the person of another, court records show.

The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Minnesota said the man was printing off copies of his book at a library in Wayzata, Minnesota, on Sept. 3, prompting a law enforcement response. He also allegedly gave library staff a flyer advertising the book, which said the text “is designed to teach extremists on how to plan, train, hunt, stalk and kill anyone including judges, their family members, politicians and more.”…

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